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DOGE Replacing Magnetic Tape Archives With Digital Is a Dangerous Move, Critics Say | What seems at first like a logical move to modernize the government's archives may in fact be an ill-advised decision.
What seems at first like a logical move to modernize the government's archives may in fact be an ill-advised decision.
In a recent post on X, the Department of Government Efficiency proudly proclaimed that the General Services Administration has converted 14,000 magnetic tapes of archival data to digital records. “The@USGSA IT team just saved $1M per year by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70 yr old technology for information storage) to permanent modern digital records,” the post reads. Anyone who has been on the internet knows the frustration of old websites and social networks going offline, effectively wiping out vast amounts of human creation in one fell swoop.
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